Aventri vs. Azur Systems

eTouches seems to be well positioned to serve those needing event registration for small groups up to large conventions. Events with multiple sessions are very well organized and allows the planners to monitor registration and attendance with ease. One issue we have run into is the ability to give a discount to a specific registrant who signs up a group of individuals. We continue to work for a solution to this.

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I would highly recommend Azure machine learning design for those with less access to high-end computing infrastructure, as using Azure saves a lot of time, money, and effort by providing a hustle-free platform that is easy to use and train your employees on. On the other hand, if you are looking for complete control of the machine learning model you create and would like to add detailed functionalities and try different algorithms, then Azure is less suitable here as it’s very high level.

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• Manages class size limits very well.
• Provides information for hotel booking and transfers so that all this information is in one record.
• Unlimited number of pages for the website is invaluable - we looked at other programs with only 4 pages for the website and that just isn't enough for our clients.

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• Leverage machine learning as a service.
• Accelerate machine learning with best-breed algorithms.
• Support remote working with cloud-based services.
• Creation of compliant and secure machine learning applications.

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• Registration on the backend was confusing
• Sometimes the code would break and take a while to fix (adding images, extra text)
• Not intuitive for users

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• Limited storage for those using the free version.
• Limited number of machine learning algorithms.
• Because of its high-level design, it doesn’t give the developers much control as you don’t write much code in to do what you exactly want.

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I had a few issues while onsite (over the weekend). The support information given to me was incorrect and I had a hard time tracking down how to get assistance while onsite (on a weekend). When you are onsite, issues are usually heightened and need an immediate response, and I didn't get that.

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We loved CVENT and DoubleDutch, but it was much easier to have all the modules we needed in one platform, which happened to be Aventri.

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It’s fierce competition, but Azure as a Microsoft product is more stable and performs better than Amazon AWS since all of our machines are built on Microsoft Operating systems. Azure provides a pay-per-minute service, unlike AWS, which provides a pay-per-hour service. Azure allows direct linking to exist cloud storage that we already use at our institution, such as OneDrive. Azure has a friendly and easy-to-use interface that staff and students are already used to working with other Microsoft products.

Incentivized

• Much more thorough reporting than previous provider.
• The ability for long term goal creation based on the objectives evaluated post conference.

Incentivized

• Reduce energy consumption caused by GPUs.
• Saves on recycling and transporting costs and maintenance caused by buying high-end equipment.
• Improve productivity as building products using Azure is easier than building everything up from scratch (e.g., machine learning and AI applications).

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